Himanta Dance

Guwahati, Jan 09: Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma amazed schoolchildren on Sunday when he joined them in performing a traditional folk dance at an event. The chief minister additionally shared a video of his dance pronouncing he “couldn’t help” but join in.

“An evening to cherish! Couldn’t help but join the students of Hatinga TE Model School of Biswanath performing jhumur at my residence,” he said in a tweet.

In the video, Sarma walks up to the stage cheering the dancing students and quickly matches steps with them as they performed jhumur, the traditional folk dance of Assam’s tea communities. Seeing him shake a leg, more students rush to join the dance circle.

The video shows both Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma cheering and dancing with the schoolchildren.

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Sarma posted several photos and videos from the evening.

“Delighted to interact & host students of Hatinga TE Model School, Sootea, for dinner at my residence along with my wife @rinikibsharma. The evening was made memorable by the talented students performing jhumur, Tusu dance, singing folk songs & Jyoti Sangeet, recitation, etc.,” one of the tweets read.

CM interacted with the students and also had dinner with them at the function organized at his residence.

“The students were earlier taken to several places of academic importance, including a planetarium, zoo, science museum, IIT-G, Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, etc,” he said in a tweet.

Folk musician Padma Shri Dulal Manki and popular singer Gitanjali Das also performed on the occasion.